The Saltzman Forum

The Saltzman Forum is an annual event held in honor of Mr. Arnold A. Saltzman, who passed away on January 2, 2014. Each year, the Saltzman Forum touches on one issue or region of global importance and examines its political and security implications.

Mr. Saltzman served five American presidents in a wide range of policy-level diplomatic and economic assignments; he received a Presidential Commendation for his efforts on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Mr. Saltzman carried out diplomatic assignments in former Czechoslovakia, the former Soviet Union, South America, Central America, and Austria. He served the government in the Office of Price Stabilization, Procurement Policy Board, Office of Economic Opportunity, and Agency for International Development, and he was the Chairman of the Federal Blue Ribbon Commission on National Growth and Development. Mr. Saltzman was also Advisor to the New York State Congressional Delegation in Washington and Chairman of the Speakers Committee of the Assembly in Albany, New York. Mr. Saltzman was Chairman of Windsor Production Corporation, retired CEO of Vista Resources, and a director in a number of charitable organizations. Among numerous non-profit activities, he served as President of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy, Chairman of the Columbia College Board of Overseers and Columbia College Fund, and a member of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs Board of Advisors. Mr. Saltzman is a graduate of Columbia College, has received the Columbia University Medal, and holds honorary doctorates from Hofstra and Adelphi Universities. He also received the Order of Honor, the Republic of Georgia’s most prestigious decoration.